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Southbridge Savings Bank recently pledged funding for The Last Green Valley, Inc. Left to right: Ron Cooper, assistant vice president, Commercial Lending Southbridge Savings; Charlene Cutler, TLGV executive director and CEO; and Tom Dufresne, chief technology officer Southbridge Savings and TLGV Board Member. Courtesy photo.

DANIELSON — Southbridge Savings Bank has pledged $15,000 over the next three years to The Last Green Valley, Inc. (TLGV) in support of its annual appeal.  Southbridge Savings Bank is a community-oriented local bank that has been in business since 1848 and is committed to providing superior personalized service.
“We are proud to be an annual supporter of The Last Green Valley, Inc. for more than 10 years,” said Philip Pettinelli, president of Southbridge Savings Bank, “We look forward to continuing this partnership and encourage more organizations to support the vital work of TLGV, Inc. and ensure its programs thrive.”
TLGV launched its annual appeal in October with a goal of $400,000 this year. “We are grateful to Southbridge Savings Bank for their unwavering support of TLGV’s work,“ said Charlene Cutler, TLGV executive director and CEO.   “It is with the help of such long-term partnerships that TLGV will become self-sustaining when our federal funding ceases in 2015.”

The Last Green Valley is a National Heritage Corridor – the last stretch of dark night sky in the coastal sprawl between Boston and Washington, D.C.  It includes 9 towns in Massachusetts and 26 in Connecticut.  A dynamic nonprofit organization, TLGV is a steward of that special place, working to celebrate our heritage, conserve our natural resources and respect our working lands.

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WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock Middle School honor roll for the second quarter includes:
Grade 6
High Honors: Heather Converse, Rachel Durand, Jack Hovestadt, Nathan John, David Marshall, Liam McDermott, Emily Menard, Nathan Price, Mariangela Ruggeri, Rebekah Wesler, Hannah Wotton
Honors: Grace Borski, Owen Borski, Kathleen Boshka, Summer Chaponis, Spencer Collins, Madeline Gronski, Hanna Guillory, Ethan Holcomb, Parker Kalafus, Samantha Orlowski, Patrick Perry, Eric Preston, Adam Sanderson, Derek Thompson
Recogntion: Ryan Andrzeicik, Renee Auger, Domenic Bove, Killian Braegelmann, Olivia Burrell, Mackenzie Coonan, Seth Correia, Julia Davis, Rebecca Douglas, Caleb Feen, Ivy Gelhaus, Aria Gianfriddo, Jenna Gormley, Erika Helmetag, Lauren Hovestadt, Hailey Jaques, Spencer Kalafus, Emma Kelleher, Blake Kolbeck, Ryan Latour, Justin MacCormack, Dylan Martin, Jarod Martin, Kathryn Mason, Maura McReynolds, Samantha Mowry, Lauren Neely, Luke Norman, Amanda Nowak, Samuel Plummer, Sophia Pontbriand, Amber Richmond, Nicole Robichaud, Peter Spada, Codi Staveski
Grade 7
High Honors: Caitlin Cannon, Brendan Chapuis, Christopher Cheney, Eleonora Chervenkova, Denali Johns, Eden Law, Lillian Mandeville, Hannah Matsas, Ciri Miller, Kiara Monahan, Leah Randolph, Samantha Sheldon, Ian Sohan, Sophia Stoll, Janel Syriac, Ethan Werstler
Honors: Julia Bibeault, Abigail Brousseau, Kennedy Davignon, Jake Farrell, Katherine Frankhouser, Heidi Lotter, Jared MacDonald, Jacob Mainhart, Joshua Resnick, Jillian Savoie, Hannah Walley
Recognition: Haley Armstrong, Sean Benson, Ryan Bonin, Kennady Brown, Jacob Cloutier, Jordan Couture, Harrison Frost, Ashley Hemphill, Cameron Lotter, Natalie O’Connell, Lindsey O’Dea, Duun O’Hara, Olivia Perry, Jake Racicot, Hannah Reynolds, Naomi Rivard, Hailey Schofield, Scott Selmecki, Jared Sroczenski, Maeve Stevenson, Benjamin Thibodeau, Cheyenne Zinnkosko
Grade 8
High Honors: Frances Adams, Jason Brule, Christopher Claprood, Emily Faist, Maya Fraga, Emily Hebert, Patrick Houlihan, Grace Jocson, Shealyn Kelley, Kylie Kusnarowis, William Liscomb, Linnea Listro, Laura Looby, David Redfield, Coleen Solitro, Jordyn Staveski, Joseph Thompson, Cassidy Thorpe, Sarah Uwazany, Jordyn Woodland
Honors: Jacques Bergeron, Allison Brady, Rebecca Feldman, Hunter Garceau, Roxanne Garceau, Julie He, Jacob LaFiandra, Sylvia Lawrence, Steven Lotter, Christian Mayotte, Sean McGroary, Claudia Plummer, Zu Le Seow
Recognition: Michael Cheney, Meghan Corey, Jason Harkins, Steve Karue, Ellie McReynolds, Catherine Navan, Emily Olson, Madison Palmerino, Samuel Paul, Mikayla Roush, Justin Shippee, Cuinn Stevenson, Jesse Viteri.

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Then
This is the Congregational Church of Putnam in 1887. Putnam Town Crier file photos.


& Now
This is the Congregational Church of Putnam today.

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Greetings.  It is 10 degrees F outside, and windy, too.  It’s a perfect morning to get the oven going, and everyone wants a hearty breakfast.  This is my number one favorite recipe if I need an easily-prepared breakfast and still leave enough time to get the coffee, tea, and maybe some sausage or bacon ready at the same time.  Substitutions for special dietary concerns are simple, too:  soy, rice, hemp, or almond milk; maple syrup or agave; dates, raisins, or apricots.  It all works.

Baked Oatmeal
½ tablespoon softened butter
2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
4 cups milk
¼ cup sugar
½ cup dried cranberries
¼ teaspoon almond extract
handful of slivered or sliced almonds
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Butter soufflé dish, or deep 2-quart casserole dish.
In large mixing bowl, combine oats, milk, sugar,
cranberries, and almond extract with rubber spatula.
Transfer to buttered soufflé dish.
Sprinkle almonds over surface of oatmeal mixture.
Bake for 45 minutes.
Allow to stand for 10 minutes before serving.
Serves 6 – 8 persons.